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News for Wednesday, 1 Aug 2012

Power protests continue in Punjab, KP

Protests against power outages continued in several areas of Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkawa. According to a local TV channel, the angry protesters burned tyres, chanted slogans and blocked major roads...

Israel troops in exchange of fire on Egypt border

Israeli troops engaged in a brief exchange of fire with unidentified gunmen across the southern border with the lawless Egyptian Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, a military spokeswoman said. No-one was wounded...

Serena piles on the misery for Radwanska family

Serena Williams moved into the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Urszula Radwanska just weeks after beating the Pole's older sister Agnieszka in the Wimbledon...

Iran tops agenda as Pentagon chief visits Israel

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was on Wednesday to hold top-level talks in Israel expected to focus on ways of resolving the international standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear programme. As the...

AIBA wants more female

The head of amateur boxing's governing body sees the Olympic debut of women's boxing as one of his major achievements. Now he plans to do more. Wu Ching-Kuo, president of...

Saudi judoka gets go-ahead after hijab dispute

Saudi Arabia judoka Wojdan Shaherkani was given the go-ahead Tuesday to fight at the Olympics after a row over the wearing of a hijab was resolved, the International Olympic Committee...

SC continues hearing contempt law petitions

The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on 27 identical petitions filed against contempt of court law, according to a private TV channel. A five-member bench of the court comprising...

SUTA demands immediate removal of ‘controversial’ VC

Elected representatives and members of Sindh University Teachers Association (SUTA) continued on Tuesday with their daily token sit-in in front of AC-II to protest against the rejoining of controversial Vice-Chancellor...

Palestinians hurt in Gaza blast

Three Palestinians were wounded in an overnight blast in a building in Gaza City, a medical official in the enclave said on Wednesday. "One of those hurt was gravely wounded, and...

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